Gifted Services Parent Information Night Williamsburg Middle School - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Gifted Services Parent Information Night Williamsburg Middle School Tuesday, November 13, 2018 Media Center 7:00pm

Agenda  Welcome and Introduction a) Introduction: Mrs. Melissa Edme, RTG at WMS b) Inclusion Activity: “Gratitude, Pay It Forward” c) Purpose of Index Cards (i.e., Specific Questions)  Gifted Services Delivery Model / Identification (details in the Spring)  Instructional Practices provided (and Intended) for Gifted Students  Q & A

Who is the new RTG?

A cademic Background Education  Bachelors of Science: Elementary Education and Psychology  Gifted Education  Masters of Education: Educational Psychology  Administration & Leadership, K-12 (Social Foundations)  ESOL  Educational Specialist: Middle Grades (Mathematics, Technology)  Middle Grades Education  Educational Specialist: Supervision and  Elementary Education Administration, K-12 (with Special Education  International Counseling. K-8 emphasis)  Post Graduate Certification: International Schools Counseling, K-8

Career Highlights  Elementary Educator (STEM emphasis), Intermediate Grades  Literacy Department Chair and Instructional Coach  School Counselor (Dubai, UAE) Grades 5-8  Humanities Department Chair (Shanghai, China)  Resource Teacher for the Gifted

NAGC Recommendations… access to curricular resources designed for gifted learners • systematic and substantial professional development for all teachers • • needs of gifted learners • differentiation in general • flexible grouping approaches resource specialists who can support the classroom teacher • • in assessing gifted learner differences • making adjustments to the curriculum • and implementing advanced curriculum and strategies

Shared Responsibility for the Differentiation of Gifted Learners Cluster Teacher Collaboration with RTG Curriculum for Gifted Learners

Resource Teacher for the Gifted Lead PD and/or inform staff  Promote and model  about gifted education training procedures, strategies, and opportunities techniques to support gifted students Advocate for underrepresented  populations to include 2E (Twice Work collaboratively with  Exceptional), ESOL/HILT, cluster teachers to plan and children from poverty deliver instruction Facilitate the gifted  Provide curricular resources in  identification process order to differentiate content for gifted students APS Local Plan for the Gifted  2012-2017

Content Learning Teams Four Key Instructional Questions  What is it we expect our students to learn?  How will we know when they have learned it?  How will we provide time and support when they don’t learn it? How will we extend learning when they already know it or  learn it quickly? (Gifted Services)

Role of RTG within the PLC The primary role of the RTG is to increase teachers’ capacity to infuse gifted pedagogy into the general education classroom. This capacity includes the ability to implement curriculum designed for high-ability learners

Gifted Services in the 6-8 (Middle School) Classrooms  Collaborative Cluster Model  Cluster Teacher is primary deliverer of differentiation with support from RTG

Classroom Support (Grades 6-8) ■ Collaborate with grade-level teams to plan and/or implement advanced content ■ Socratic Seminar ■ Utilize collaborative teaching methods to provide support for differentiating instruction ■ Science Choice Boards ■ Working with teachers to find and nurture underrepresented populations (CBG, College Bound Group) ■ Working with Equity & Excellence Coordinator

Advanced-Content Resources William and Mary Experimental Design ■ ■ Literature Units William and Mary ■ Problem-Based Science Socratic Seminar ■ Units Jacob’s Ladder Reading ■ William and Mary Social ■ Comprehension Program Studies Units Schoolwide Enrichment ■ History Alive! ■ Model-Reading (SEM-R) The DBQ Project ■ Framework Primary Source ■ Best of the Continental ■ Documents (Library of Math League Congress)

RTGs as Advocates for Historically Underserved Populations Twice Exceptional (2e)  English Learners  High Ability, Low Income Students  Underachieving Students 

Twice Exceptional (2E) Wrap Around Support

ESOL/HILT Support Similar to 2E with wrap around support ■ RTG works collaboratively with general education ■ teacher and ESOL/HILT teacher to find and nurture students ■ Building Background Knowledge ■ Access to Grade Level Content ■ Opportunities for Critical & Creative Thinking

Ongoing Communication  Parent Information Sessions  School/County Websites, PTA Digital Newsletters  Quarterly Newsletter  Conferences  Twitter: @EdmeMel, @WMS_GiftedResource

Math Differentiation

Math Differentiation  Collaborative Pairs/  Real World Application Accountable  Inquiry Based Conversations Assignments  Error Analysis  Cross-Curricular  Multi-Modal Learning Activities  Manipulatives,  Flexible groupings Models, Visual  Ability and choice Supports, etc.  Project-Based Learning  Tiered Stations Opportunities

English Differentiation

English Differentiation and Extension Process Product  Flexible grouping  Tiered assignments  Leveled texts  Choice of project product  Small group extensions  Offering extension  Station work  Conferring and direct feedback  Reading selection

Tiered Writing Assignments

Multigenre Research Project

Process Grouping Choice/Leveled texts

Product

Product: Menu Choice Board  Collage  Mind Map  Dress up and deliver a monologue  Write a missing scene  Create a soundtrack

Social Studies Differentiation

Social Studies Differentiation  Differentiated Learning  Document Based Menus Questions  Flexible grouping strategies  Simulations and debate  Spiraled questioning  Primary source analysis  Experiential learning  Performance assessment  Socratic Seminars tasks  Leveled readings  School wide opportunities

Two Voice Poems

Cartography 101

Science Differentiation

WMS Science Fair Regional Science Fair VJAS

SCIENCE Differentiation Pre-Assessments determine student readiness  Planning grade level teachers meet twice a week, discuss ways to provide  challenging experiences and extend our curriculum Flexible Grouping students work with a variety of peers (student-choice groupings or  teacher-choice groupings) Choices provide a variety of choice formats to appeal to students’ interests 

SCIENCE in the CLASSROOM In 6th grade, we are developing the foundation for lab skills to be used in 7th and 8th grade. Hands-on Experiences & Voice and Choice in the Classroom

SCIENCE in the CLASSROOM Anchors and Projects

SCIENCE in the CLASSROOM In 8th grade, we are applying the lab skills they mastered in 6th and 7th grade Voice and Choice in the Classroom Density Lab States of Matter Project Freezing/Melting Point Lab Density Bottles Lab

SCIENCE in the CLASSROOM Using “Probeware” to calculate the pH Level of liquids Solubility Lab

Questions?

Parent Resources ■ Virginia Association for the Gifted (VAG) http://www.vagifted.org ■ National Association for the Gifted (NAGC) http://nagc.org ■ Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted (SENG) http://sengifted.org

Contact Information Melissa Edme, (RTG) Resource Teacher for the Gifted Email: melissa.edme@apsva.us Phone: 703-228-5450 Ext 5477 Twitter: @WMS_Gifted Resource or @EdmeMel Cheryl McCullough, Supervisor of Gifted Services Email: cheryl.mccullough@apsva.us Phone: 703-228-6169 Twitter: @APSGifted

Gifted Services Advisory Committee (GSAC) Arlington Public School’s Parent Advocacy Group Part of Advisory Council of Instruction https://www.apsva.us/aci/gifted-services/ Monthly meetings (1st Wednesday: 6:30 – 8:00 PM followed by ACI meeting 8:00 - 9:00 PM)